Stories from the world of Urban Play

Hello everyone, my name is Matteo Uguzzoni (he, his, him as a pronoun) and I’m an architect and a game designer from Italy, I’m currently based in Baltimore where I’m the Game Designer in Residence at the MICA GameLab.

In Trust in Play I’m responsible for the Nomad branch, (together with @natalia_skoczylas) which means that we are going to facilitate actions in different places around Europe and the world.

Other things that I’ve done are here (Urban Games Factory) and here (the Playcast - a podcast about Immersive Theater, Real life game and everything in between).

This year as Game Designer in residence gave me a lot of space to experiment, so I’m now play testing a tabletop game (based on Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities) and writing a short essay around the concept of “Immersive” (let’s talk about it: I have opinions! :smile:

I love design games because it is an incredible excuse to travel and meet great human beings, and this humans usually are trying to create incredible experiences for other people, so it’s like the most generous crowd in the planet?

I’m looking forward to meet you all, speaking of which I’m organizing a webinar around a topic that is key (in my experience) in the career of a Urban Game Designer: MONEY and sustainability, I’ve just posted my ideas here, any suggestion is appreciated.

Ciao!

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